Gcore Cloud
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What is Gcore Cloud
Gcore Cloud is an infrastructure-as-a-service platform that provides on-demand compute, storage, and networking resources delivered through a self-service console and APIs. It targets teams that need to deploy and run applications on virtual machines and related cloud infrastructure, often with an emphasis on distributed locations and latency-sensitive workloads. The offering typically pairs core IaaS building blocks with adjacent edge/network services from the same vendor, which can simplify deployment for workloads that need both compute and content delivery/security capabilities.
Distributed footprint for deployments
Gcore Cloud is positioned around running workloads across multiple geographic locations, which can help teams place compute closer to end users. This is useful for latency-sensitive applications, regional failover designs, and serving users in multiple markets. For organizations that do not need a very large catalog of higher-level managed services, a focused IaaS footprint can be sufficient for production deployments.
Core IaaS building blocks
The platform provides the standard primitives expected from an IaaS provider: virtual machines, networking constructs, and storage options. This supports common use cases such as hosting web applications, running container platforms on VMs, and building custom stacks where the customer manages the middleware. API-driven provisioning enables integration with infrastructure-as-code and CI/CD workflows.
Adjacent edge/network service alignment
Gcore Cloud commonly integrates with the vendor’s broader edge/network portfolio (for example, content delivery and security services), enabling a single-vendor approach for some architectures. This can reduce operational overhead compared with stitching together separate providers for compute and edge delivery. It is particularly relevant for media delivery, gaming backends, and globally distributed web applications.
Smaller managed-service catalog
Compared with the largest hyperscale platforms, Gcore Cloud generally offers a narrower set of higher-level managed services (for example, fully managed data, analytics, and AI platforms). Teams may need to self-manage more components or rely on third-party services. This can increase operational effort for organizations seeking a broad, integrated PaaS layer.
Ecosystem and integrations vary
Third-party marketplace depth, prebuilt integrations, and community examples may be more limited than in the most widely adopted cloud ecosystems. This can affect availability of turnkey solutions, partner support, and hiring familiarity. Buyers should validate required integrations (identity, logging/monitoring, backup, security tooling) for their specific stack.
Regional availability and compliance fit
Not all services and instance types are necessarily available in every location, and regional feature parity can vary by provider. Organizations with strict data residency, certifications, or regulated-industry requirements should confirm the exact compliance attestations and in-region capabilities they need. Contracting, support SLAs, and enterprise governance features should be reviewed during procurement.
Plan & Pricing
Pricing model: Pay-as-you-go (multiple service-specific SKUs)
Virtual Machines (Edge Cloud)
- Standard – From €14.98 per month (region: Luxembourg example). Includes free egress and billing only for active instances. Source: Gcore VM product page.
- CPU-Optimized – From €23.98 per month.
- Memory-Optimized – From €66.02 per month.
- High-Frequency – From €14.98 per month.
- GPU VMs – From €1.25 per hour (example; GPU VM pricing varies by GPU type and region).
Bare Metal
- Basic – From €186.00 per month.
- High-frequency – From €196.00 per month.
- (Other infrastructure tiers available; prices vary by configuration and region.)
GPU Cloud / Everywhere Inference (examples)
- L40S / on-demand: from €1.34 per hour (example listed in GPU Cloud pricing).
- A100 / on-demand: from €1.67 per hour.
- H100 / on-demand: from €2.76 per hour.
- Reserved pricing available for 12- and 36-month terms with lower hourly rates (see official GPU pricing table).
Function as a Service (serverless)
- Region-based pay-per-use: prices shown per GB-second and per 1M GB-seconds (example: Amsterdam €0.00000345 per GB-second / €3.45 per 1M GB-seconds; Warsaw €0.00000277 per GB-second / €2.77 per 1M GB-seconds). Prices vary by region.
Object Storage
- PAYG (no fixed monthly capacity): listed as €0/mo (meaning no fixed monthly fee), billed monthly by GB-hour.
- 5 TB plan: €120/mo (5,000 GB) — overage €0.024/GB.
- 20 TB plan: €400/mo (20,000 GB) — overage €0.02/GB.
- PAYG overage: €0.04/GB (for PAYG); write requests: €0.03 per 10,000 writes. Outgoing traffic to CDN: Free; incoming traffic: Free. Prices vary by region.
Managed Kubernetes
- Control plane: Free (worker nodes billed at same price as virtual instances or bare metal servers). Additional optional costs (load balancer, floating IP, block storage) apply.
Notes & common terms
- Prices exclude VAT and vary by region. Many pricing pages show regional variations and the site encourages checking the Cloud Pricing page or using the Cloud calculator for region-specific quotes.
- Some historical/product-specific egress rules: VMs and many cloud products advertise free egress, but bare-metal / certain AI infrastructure egress may be charged depending on the product/region (see official announcements and pricing pages for details).
Seller details
Gcore
Luxembourg, Luxembourg
2014
Private
https://gcore.com/
https://x.com/gcore_official
https://www.linkedin.com/company/g-core-labs/
